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First Post
It's very interesting to think about my campaign in a "summary" sense. It actually started a year ago December, so it's sort of a first-year inventory as well.
Number of Sessions: 24
Number of Players: 5
In-Game Time Elapsed: 3 months
Average PC Level: 4
The PCs wake up, shipwrecked and suffering from amnesia, in a city they've never before seen. They search for their identities and find a mystery wrapped up in a sunken ship and a cult devoted to hunger. Meanwhile, parts of this city, which rests on the water, are collapsing, causing great damage and loss of life. Both trails lead to a prominent minister and prospective doge of of this city-state, and his son. Events culminate on the night of the election, and an eclipse of purported astrological significance.
The politician died that night in his chambers, as the assembly was casting its vote in his favor. He was alone except for a well-known performing artist: a member of the party. Furthermore, the PCs gave the cult too much credit, and discovered no ritual to end all life on the planet, but instead found one to use cultists bodies as dimensional anchors to summon monsters of consumption from a distant plane. Unfortunately for the stalwart Paladin, he was carrying two of the small idols that served as foci for the summoning, and its force was too great for him to withstand. He turned into a bloated creature with an immense maw and gullet and promptly swallowed the tattooed dwarf. The party had no choice but to turn on this creature.
These unfortunate events led the party to leave the city and follow the trail of the politicians son into a barren volcanic desert. Here they have found themselves caught up in politics once again, as the water supply of a remote outpost is disrupted. As they become involved in local affairs, the PCs began to learn that there is a connection with these events and the cultist, and soon find themselves in the heart of the desert, battling him in a collapsing volcanic chamber. And for the second time, he escapes.
The PCs continue to follow their quarry into the mountains and learn that a long-forgotten race of dragons once inhabited them. They discover snippets of history which hint at some of the forces which might be at work. They wonder if this might relate to recent events. And if so, how...
Number of Sessions: 24
Number of Players: 5
In-Game Time Elapsed: 3 months
Average PC Level: 4
The PCs wake up, shipwrecked and suffering from amnesia, in a city they've never before seen. They search for their identities and find a mystery wrapped up in a sunken ship and a cult devoted to hunger. Meanwhile, parts of this city, which rests on the water, are collapsing, causing great damage and loss of life. Both trails lead to a prominent minister and prospective doge of of this city-state, and his son. Events culminate on the night of the election, and an eclipse of purported astrological significance.
The politician died that night in his chambers, as the assembly was casting its vote in his favor. He was alone except for a well-known performing artist: a member of the party. Furthermore, the PCs gave the cult too much credit, and discovered no ritual to end all life on the planet, but instead found one to use cultists bodies as dimensional anchors to summon monsters of consumption from a distant plane. Unfortunately for the stalwart Paladin, he was carrying two of the small idols that served as foci for the summoning, and its force was too great for him to withstand. He turned into a bloated creature with an immense maw and gullet and promptly swallowed the tattooed dwarf. The party had no choice but to turn on this creature.
These unfortunate events led the party to leave the city and follow the trail of the politicians son into a barren volcanic desert. Here they have found themselves caught up in politics once again, as the water supply of a remote outpost is disrupted. As they become involved in local affairs, the PCs began to learn that there is a connection with these events and the cultist, and soon find themselves in the heart of the desert, battling him in a collapsing volcanic chamber. And for the second time, he escapes.
The PCs continue to follow their quarry into the mountains and learn that a long-forgotten race of dragons once inhabited them. They discover snippets of history which hint at some of the forces which might be at work. They wonder if this might relate to recent events. And if so, how...
